Oodles of cracker jokes, festive Dolls polls, jolly songs and weird Christmas facts; and Dolly pays a snowy visit to everyone’s favourite filthy agony aunts, Joan and Jericha for their first EVER audio interview. Their top tip for Christmas? A handjob under the dining room table. Tweet @thehighlowshow E-mail @thehighlowshow We’ll be back from maternity leave in April 2020! Donate to Solace Women’s Aid:&nbsp; https://www.solacewomensaid.org/news/solace-womens-aid-christmas-campaign-invites-support-women-who-arrive-refuges-nothing Buy a homeless young person a Christmas dinner:&nbsp; https://centrepoint.org.uk/more-than-a-christmas-dinner/ Painfully British Haikus, by Dale Shaw&nbsp; *Please note that the inbox will be unmanned during this time.*&nbsp;&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Oodles of cracker jokes, festive Dolls polls, jolly songs and weird Christmas facts; and Dolly pays a snowy visit to everyone’s favourite filthy agony aunts, Joan and Jericha for their first EVER audio interview. Their top tip for Christmas? A handjob under the dining room table. Tweet @thehighlowshow E-mail @thehighlowshow We’ll be back from maternity leave in April 2020! Donate to Solace Women’s Aid:&nbsp; https://www.solacewomensaid.org/news/solace-womens-aid-christmas-campaign-invites-support-women-who-arrive-refuges-nothing Buy a homeless young person a Christmas dinner:&nbsp; https://centrepoint.org.uk/more-than-a-christmas-dinner/ Painfully British Haikus, by Dale Shaw&nbsp; *Please note that the inbox will be unmanned during this time.*&nbsp;&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The High Low

A Christmas Special with Joan and Jericha

The High Low has launched merch! Roll up, roll up: berets, sweaters, t-shirts, tote bags and notepads are on sale at&nbsp;www.thehighlowshop.com&nbsp;and 10% of all profits go to Women's Aid. Order by December 18th to get your goodies in time for Christmas. Today we discuss Boris's prediction for a post-Brexit "bonking bonanza", the brilliant scheme that is Press Pad and (more) global idioms. Also today, the woman who was chucked off an American Airlines flight for her "offensive" slogan tee, which read 'Hail Satan.' Are words the same as actions? Dolly says no; Pandora thinks that in our scripturient time, they just might be. Links ﻿Donate to PressPad&nbsp;https://natwestbackherbusiness.co.uk/diversifythemedia &nbsp; Elizabeth Is Missing, on BBC iPlayer&nbsp;https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c6pv Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover and Me, by Adrienne Brodeur&nbsp;https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116165/wild-game/9781784742577.html How To Throw A Great Christmas party, by Raven Smith&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/raven-smith-on-how-to-throw-a-great-christmas-party-shpjjgnjm Ode to the Dinkus, by Daisy Alioto for The Paris Review&nbsp;https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/06/08/ode-to-the-dinkus/ The Manifesto Read https://www.manifestoread.com E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet@thehighlowshow *Please note that&nbsp;although there will be a Christmas special released on 18th December, The High Low is now on maternity leave until April 2020 and&nbsp;the inbox will not be monitored during this time* For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

The High Low has launched merch! Roll up, roll up: berets, sweaters, t-shirts, tote bags and notepads are on sale at&nbsp;www.thehighlowshop.com&nbsp;and 10% of all profits go to Women's Aid. Order by December 18th to get your goodies in time for Christmas. Today we discuss Boris's prediction for a post-Brexit "bonking bonanza", the brilliant scheme that is Press Pad and (more) global idioms. Also today, the woman who was chucked off an American Airlines flight for her "offensive" slogan tee, which read 'Hail Satan.' Are words the same as actions? Dolly says no; Pandora thinks that in our scripturient time, they just might be. Links ﻿Donate to PressPad&nbsp;https://natwestbackherbusiness.co.uk/diversifythemedia &nbsp; Elizabeth Is Missing, on BBC iPlayer&nbsp;https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c6pv Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover and Me, by Adrienne Brodeur&nbsp;https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116165/wild-game/9781784742577.html How To Throw A Great Christmas party, by Raven Smith&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/raven-smith-on-how-to-throw-a-great-christmas-party-shpjjgnjm Ode to the Dinkus, by Daisy Alioto for The Paris Review&nbsp;https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/06/08/ode-to-the-dinkus/ The Manifesto Read https://www.manifestoread.com E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet@thehighlowshow *Please note that&nbsp;although there will be a Christmas special released on 18th December, The High Low is now on maternity leave until April 2020 and&nbsp;the inbox will not be monitored during this time* For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Does A Slogan Tee Have The Power To Offend?

We talk perineum sunning, Christmas tree erection, global idioms and polygraphs. And we host the journalist and author of Jog On: How Running Saved My Life and The Jog On Journal, Bella Mackie, to discuss mental health, running and why it's nothing to do with wellness or personal bests, divorce before the age of 30 and what the media gets wrong about mental health.&nbsp; E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet&nbsp;@thehighlowshow Links Jog On: How Running Saved My Life, by Bella Mackie The Jog on Journal, by Bella Mackie Being Single at 30, by Bella Mackie for British Vogue&nbsp;https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/being-single-at-30-a-vogue-memoir How I Found My Wedding Dress (For The Second Time), by Bella Mackie for British Vogue&nbsp;https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/how-i-chose-the-dress-for-my-second-wedding In the Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado When I Hit You, by Meena Kandasamy Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator, on Netflix&nbsp;https://www.netflix.com/title/80221584 David Merritt on the death of his son, Jack Merritt, for The Guardian&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/02/jack-merritt-london-bridge-attack-dave-merrit For Desire, by Kim Addonizio http://pureapplesauce.blogspot.com/2009/01/for-desire-kim-addonizio.html Derren Brown on The Adam Buxton podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-110-derren-brown/id1040481893?i=1000457582733 For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

We talk perineum sunning, Christmas tree erection, global idioms and polygraphs. And we host the journalist and author of Jog On: How Running Saved My Life and The Jog On Journal, Bella Mackie, to discuss mental health, running and why it's nothing to do with wellness or personal bests, divorce before the age of 30 and what the media gets wrong about mental health.&nbsp; E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet&nbsp;@thehighlowshow Links Jog On: How Running Saved My Life, by Bella Mackie The Jog on Journal, by Bella Mackie Being Single at 30, by Bella Mackie for British Vogue&nbsp;https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/being-single-at-30-a-vogue-memoir How I Found My Wedding Dress (For The Second Time), by Bella Mackie for British Vogue&nbsp;https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/how-i-chose-the-dress-for-my-second-wedding In the Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado When I Hit You, by Meena Kandasamy Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator, on Netflix&nbsp;https://www.netflix.com/title/80221584 David Merritt on the death of his son, Jack Merritt, for The Guardian&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/02/jack-merritt-london-bridge-attack-dave-merrit For Desire, by Kim Addonizio http://pureapplesauce.blogspot.com/2009/01/for-desire-kim-addonizio.html Derren Brown on The Adam Buxton podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-110-derren-brown/id1040481893?i=1000457582733 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Why Mental Health Is Nothing To Do With Wellness, with Author Bella Mackie

This week we discuss the party leaders Question Time, the tragic murder of Grace Millane (and what we have learned and still need to learn about BDSM), the incredible documentary that is For Sama and the upcoming shortage of middle-class foods. Hold on to your halloumi... And we cover the news that Victoria's Secret have axed their catwalk show - a pop-culture institution that cost £12 million to produce - after sales continue to dive at the lingerie brand. We talk choice feminism, body diversity, the underwear market and models in the age of social media. E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet&nbsp;@thehighlowshow Links @sendb00ks on Instagram&nbsp;https://www.instagram.com/sendb00ks/?hl=en MUBI.com for international&nbsp;cinema Onloan clothing rental:&nbsp;https://onloan.co/ 73 Questions with Cardi B, for US Vogue&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qTROr7cgCY My Wild and Sleepless Nights: A Mother's Story, by Clover Stroud&nbsp;https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116784/my-wild-and-sleepless-nights/9780857525901.html For Sama, on Channel 4od&nbsp;https://www.channel4.com/programmes/for-sama Broken: Jeffrey Epstein podcast&nbsp;https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/sony-music-podcasts/broken-jeffrey-epstein Dolly Parton's America:&nbsp;https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america/episodes/only-one-me-jolene&nbsp; Jane Garvey on How To Fail:&nbsp;https://play.acast.com/s/how-to-fail1/howtofail.podbean.com%2Fhow-to-fail-jane-garvey-256a07c04edf0b34828bd1ad62d2a867 Sophie Wilkinson on the murder of Grace Millane, for The Huffington Post&nbsp;https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/grace-millane-bdsm_uk_5dd57b30e4b0fc53f20cde5e Halloumi Hell, by Séamus O'Reilly for The Observer&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/nov/24/the-halloumi-crisis-supplies-of-one-of-britains-best-loved-imports-are-running-low This Be The Worst, by Adrian Mitchell:&nbsp;http://aotearoasunrise.blogspot.com/2013/09/tuesday-poem-this-be-worst-by-adrian.html&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

This week we discuss the party leaders Question Time, the tragic murder of Grace Millane (and what we have learned and still need to learn about BDSM), the incredible documentary that is For Sama and the upcoming shortage of middle-class foods. Hold on to your halloumi... And we cover the news that Victoria's Secret have axed their catwalk show - a pop-culture institution that cost £12 million to produce - after sales continue to dive at the lingerie brand. We talk choice feminism, body diversity, the underwear market and models in the age of social media. E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet&nbsp;@thehighlowshow Links @sendb00ks on Instagram&nbsp;https://www.instagram.com/sendb00ks/?hl=en MUBI.com for international&nbsp;cinema Onloan clothing rental:&nbsp;https://onloan.co/ 73 Questions with Cardi B, for US Vogue&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qTROr7cgCY My Wild and Sleepless Nights: A Mother's Story, by Clover Stroud&nbsp;https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116784/my-wild-and-sleepless-nights/9780857525901.html For Sama, on Channel 4od&nbsp;https://www.channel4.com/programmes/for-sama Broken: Jeffrey Epstein podcast&nbsp;https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/sony-music-podcasts/broken-jeffrey-epstein Dolly Parton's America:&nbsp;https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america/episodes/only-one-me-jolene&nbsp; Jane Garvey on How To Fail:&nbsp;https://play.acast.com/s/how-to-fail1/howtofail.podbean.com%2Fhow-to-fail-jane-garvey-256a07c04edf0b34828bd1ad62d2a867 Sophie Wilkinson on the murder of Grace Millane, for The Huffington Post&nbsp;https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/grace-millane-bdsm_uk_5dd57b30e4b0fc53f20cde5e Halloumi Hell, by Séamus O'Reilly for The Observer&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/nov/24/the-halloumi-crisis-supplies-of-one-of-britains-best-loved-imports-are-running-low This Be The Worst, by Adrian Mitchell:&nbsp;http://aotearoasunrise.blogspot.com/2013/09/tuesday-poem-this-be-worst-by-adrian.html&nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

What Women Want: The Rise and Fall of Victoria's Secret

Dolly goes wild for Rod's railway, whilst Pandora decides to spend her upcoming maternity leave at the world's first vagina museum. Plus: Gregg's diet donut, the cassette tape revival and Nan Goldin's protest against the Sackler family. And of course, we discuss Prince Andrew's disastrous, obfuscating interview with Emily Maitlis, as she quizzes him about the allegations of sexual assault against him and his continued friendship with the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.&nbsp; E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet @thehighlowshow Links Refinery 29's&nbsp;campaign to decriminalise abortion&nbsp;https://www.change.org/p/boris-johnson-make-abortion-a-medical-issue-not-a-criminal-offence-imacriminal To buy Christmas cards from the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists visit&nbsp;www.mfpa.uk The Crane Wife, by CJ Hauser for the Paris Review&nbsp;https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/16/the-crane-wife/ Naomi Campbell interview, by Nosheen Iqbal for The Guardian&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/nov/16/naomi-campbell-friends-enemies-tabloids-fashions-new-world-order Tom Hanks interview, by Taffy Brodesser-Akner for The New York Times&nbsp;https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/movies/tom-hanks-mister-rogers.html Hood Feminism, by Mikki Kendall&nbsp;https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hood-feminism-9781526622402/ I write in pockets of stolen time, by Roxane Gay for WePresents&nbsp;https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/roxane-gay-essay/ Elizabeth Day on Prince Andrew&nbsp;https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-7693403/ELIZABETH-DAY-not-victim-Andrew-real-victims-invisible-you.html Suzanne Moore on Prince Andrew&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/17/prince-andrew-abuse-emily-maitlis-queen Camilla Long on Prince Andrew&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/poor-st-andrew-far-too-honourable-to-leave-sex-offender-pal-to-stew-7vtjxwbx5 For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Dolly goes wild for Rod's railway, whilst Pandora decides to spend her upcoming maternity leave at the world's first vagina museum. Plus: Gregg's diet donut, the cassette tape revival and Nan Goldin's protest against the Sackler family. And of course, we discuss Prince Andrew's disastrous, obfuscating interview with Emily Maitlis, as she quizzes him about the allegations of sexual assault against him and his continued friendship with the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.&nbsp; E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet @thehighlowshow Links Refinery 29's&nbsp;campaign to decriminalise abortion&nbsp;https://www.change.org/p/boris-johnson-make-abortion-a-medical-issue-not-a-criminal-offence-imacriminal To buy Christmas cards from the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists visit&nbsp;www.mfpa.uk The Crane Wife, by CJ Hauser for the Paris Review&nbsp;https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/16/the-crane-wife/ Naomi Campbell interview, by Nosheen Iqbal for The Guardian&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/nov/16/naomi-campbell-friends-enemies-tabloids-fashions-new-world-order Tom Hanks interview, by Taffy Brodesser-Akner for The New York Times&nbsp;https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/movies/tom-hanks-mister-rogers.html Hood Feminism, by Mikki Kendall&nbsp;https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hood-feminism-9781526622402/ I write in pockets of stolen time, by Roxane Gay for WePresents&nbsp;https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/roxane-gay-essay/ Elizabeth Day on Prince Andrew&nbsp;https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-7693403/ELIZABETH-DAY-not-victim-Andrew-real-victims-invisible-you.html Suzanne Moore on Prince Andrew&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/17/prince-andrew-abuse-emily-maitlis-queen Camilla Long on Prince Andrew&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/poor-st-andrew-far-too-honourable-to-leave-sex-offender-pal-to-stew-7vtjxwbx5 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

What Was He Thinking? Prince Andrew's Car Crash Interview

We talk about rapper T.I.'s incredibly creepy confession that he gets his teenager daughter's hymen checked every year, what 'shitposting' really means and Emma Watson's re-naming of singledom as 'self-parternering'. And of course: there are some updates in the now legendary&nbsp;segment, Dolls Polls. This week we have one of the most important and moving author specials we have ever had. Megan Phelps-Roper's memoir, Unfollow, charts her upbringing in the radical Westboro Baptist Church, a church in Kansas made famous by their shocking picketing of funerals, where they held up signs that read: God Hates Fags, and Pray For More Dead Soldiers. They were also the subject of two Louis Theroux documentaries, including the 2007, 'The Most Hated Family In America' - as WBC then became known.&nbsp;Megan left the church in 2012, aged 26, after her conversations with 'outsiders' on Twitter opened up an internal chasm in her faith.&nbsp; We talk about radicalism, indoctrination, religion and how the ideology of a binary, black and white world, is not something specific to Westboro. It defines the time that we live in, too. And Megan describes the agony of leaving her family behind with her faith. "I left the church - but never you. And never will" she writes in her epigraph to her parents. E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet&nbsp;@thehighlowshow Links Unfollow, by Megan Phelps-Roper Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? By Pinker, Ridley, De Botton and Gladwell By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, by Elizabeth Smart Emma Watson interviewed by Paris Lees for British Vogue&nbsp;www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/emma-watson-on-fame-activism-little-women What is shitposting? By Sarah Manavis for The New Statesman&nbsp;https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2019/11/what-is-shitposting-and-why-does-it-matter-bbc-brexitcast-laura-kuenssberg-got-it-wrong Cruel Intentions, on Netflix The Souvenir, on Amazon Prime Black Woman, by Twayna Mayne on BBC Sounds&nbsp;www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07r9qy3 For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

We talk about rapper T.I.'s incredibly creepy confession that he gets his teenager daughter's hymen checked every year, what 'shitposting' really means and Emma Watson's re-naming of singledom as 'self-parternering'. And of course: there are some updates in the now legendary&nbsp;segment, Dolls Polls. This week we have one of the most important and moving author specials we have ever had. Megan Phelps-Roper's memoir, Unfollow, charts her upbringing in the radical Westboro Baptist Church, a church in Kansas made famous by their shocking picketing of funerals, where they held up signs that read: God Hates Fags, and Pray For More Dead Soldiers. They were also the subject of two Louis Theroux documentaries, including the 2007, 'The Most Hated Family In America' - as WBC then became known.&nbsp;Megan left the church in 2012, aged 26, after her conversations with 'outsiders' on Twitter opened up an internal chasm in her faith.&nbsp; We talk about radicalism, indoctrination, religion and how the ideology of a binary, black and white world, is not something specific to Westboro. It defines the time that we live in, too. And Megan describes the agony of leaving her family behind with her faith. "I left the church - but never you. And never will" she writes in her epigraph to her parents. E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet&nbsp;@thehighlowshow Links Unfollow, by Megan Phelps-Roper Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? By Pinker, Ridley, De Botton and Gladwell By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, by Elizabeth Smart Emma Watson interviewed by Paris Lees for British Vogue&nbsp;www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/emma-watson-on-fame-activism-little-women What is shitposting? By Sarah Manavis for The New Statesman&nbsp;https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2019/11/what-is-shitposting-and-why-does-it-matter-bbc-brexitcast-laura-kuenssberg-got-it-wrong Cruel Intentions, on Netflix The Souvenir, on Amazon Prime Black Woman, by Twayna Mayne on BBC Sounds&nbsp;www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07r9qy3 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Megan Phelps-Roper On Leaving The Westboro Baptist Church, AKA 'America's Most Hated Family'

This week we discuss Snapchat dysmorphia, the data-collection of period-tracking apps and why Dolly wants&nbsp;to shag Autumn. Also today we discuss Obama's speech-gone-viral on wokeness - which wasn't really about wokeness but on seeking not to shame, or humiliate others, in the name of&nbsp;progress. Is there space for Obama's brand of gradualism - or do we actually need radical change? And we talk about&nbsp;Amazon Prime's Modern Love, based&nbsp;on the New York Times column, which we have both fallen hook, line and sinker for - because we are but sentimental fools. E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet @thehighlowshow Links&nbsp; Modern Love on Amazon Prime&nbsp;https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Love-Season-1/dp/B07VNF5351 Modern Love, Edited by Daniel Jones&nbsp;https://www.waterstones.com/book/modern-love/daniel-jones/9780307351043 One Dimensional Woman, by Nina Power&nbsp;https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Dimensional-Woman-Zero-Books/dp/1846942411 Sabotage, by Emma Gannon for The Pound Project&nbsp;https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poundproject/the-pound-project-part-six-emma-gannon Exposure, by Olivia&nbsp;Sudjic&nbsp;https://peninsulapress.co.uk/product/exposure A Woman's Beauty: Put Down or Power Source? By Susan Sontag, 1975&nbsp;http://www.wheelersburg.net/Downloads/Sontag.pdf The&nbsp;backlash against birth control apps, by Olivia Sudjic for The Guardian&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/21/colossally-naive-backlash-birth-control-app Malaika Jabali on Obama&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/01/does-obamas-critique-of-radical-politics-help-bring-about-the-change-he-wanted&nbsp; Sarah Ditum on Obama&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/02/barack-obama-right-you-dont-change-minds-by-damning-your-opponents I walked out on my husband and kids for true love, by anon for The Sunday Times Magazine&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-walked-out-on-my-husband-and-kids-for-true-love-and-im-not-going-to-live-with-aching-regret-8xnjkgqpd Instagram might be removing plastic surgery filters, but what about the skin lightening ones? By Ellie Abraham for gal-dem&nbsp;https://gal-dem.com/instagram-might-be-removing-plastic-surgery-filters-but-what-about-the-skin-lightening-ones/ The Literary Friction podcast, episodes with Ocean Vuong and Sally Rooney&nbsp;https://www.nts.live/shows/literaryfriction For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

This week we discuss Snapchat dysmorphia, the data-collection of period-tracking apps and why Dolly wants&nbsp;to shag Autumn. Also today we discuss Obama's speech-gone-viral on wokeness - which wasn't really about wokeness but on seeking not to shame, or humiliate others, in the name of&nbsp;progress. Is there space for Obama's brand of gradualism - or do we actually need radical change? And we talk about&nbsp;Amazon Prime's Modern Love, based&nbsp;on the New York Times column, which we have both fallen hook, line and sinker for - because we are but sentimental fools. E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet @thehighlowshow Links&nbsp; Modern Love on Amazon Prime&nbsp;https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Love-Season-1/dp/B07VNF5351 Modern Love, Edited by Daniel Jones&nbsp;https://www.waterstones.com/book/modern-love/daniel-jones/9780307351043 One Dimensional Woman, by Nina Power&nbsp;https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Dimensional-Woman-Zero-Books/dp/1846942411 Sabotage, by Emma Gannon for The Pound Project&nbsp;https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poundproject/the-pound-project-part-six-emma-gannon Exposure, by Olivia&nbsp;Sudjic&nbsp;https://peninsulapress.co.uk/product/exposure A Woman's Beauty: Put Down or Power Source? By Susan Sontag, 1975&nbsp;http://www.wheelersburg.net/Downloads/Sontag.pdf The&nbsp;backlash against birth control apps, by Olivia Sudjic for The Guardian&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/21/colossally-naive-backlash-birth-control-app Malaika Jabali on Obama&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/01/does-obamas-critique-of-radical-politics-help-bring-about-the-change-he-wanted&nbsp; Sarah Ditum on Obama&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/02/barack-obama-right-you-dont-change-minds-by-damning-your-opponents I walked out on my husband and kids for true love, by anon for The Sunday Times Magazine&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-walked-out-on-my-husband-and-kids-for-true-love-and-im-not-going-to-live-with-aching-regret-8xnjkgqpd Instagram might be removing plastic surgery filters, but what about the skin lightening ones? By Ellie Abraham for gal-dem&nbsp;https://gal-dem.com/instagram-might-be-removing-plastic-surgery-filters-but-what-about-the-skin-lightening-ones/ The Literary Friction podcast, episodes with Ocean Vuong and Sally Rooney&nbsp;https://www.nts.live/shows/literaryfriction For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Obama on Wokeness & Our Love for Modern Love <3

We've got facts about sloths, sea turtles and rats that drive cars. We also discuss the new terms we've learned this week - 'soft ghosting' and 'gradualism' - and Harvey Weinstein's appearance at a showcase&nbsp;for emerging comics. Our author&nbsp;special today is with award-wining journalist and The Sunday Times Middle East correspondent, Louise Callaghan, who has written a tender, funny and impactful book, Father of Lions, about the zookeeper of Mosul who kept his animals alive through the ISIS occupation of 2014-2017. We discuss the nuances of radicalism, what the west is getting wrong with the dialogue around ISIS brides and the reality of working in a warzone. What is daily life like when you're on the frontline? How do you decompress? E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet@thehighlowshow Links Postmark collaboration with The Miscarriage Association&nbsp;https://postmarkonline.co.uk/miscarriage-association-cards Father of Lions, by Louise Callaghan&nbsp;https://www.waterstones.com/book/father-of-lions/louise-callaghan/9781789540765 The Examined Life, by Stephen Grosz&nbsp;https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-examined-life/stephen-grosz/9780099549031 Suzanne Moore on Deborah Orr:&nbsp; https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/22/deborah-orr-true-editor-writer-friend-broke-conventions Sophie Heawood on ageing:&nbsp; https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/sophie-heawood-confronts-the-reality-of-growing-older-a4268066.html Alain de Botton on philosophical concepts of failure, on Elizabeth's Day How To Fail podcast&nbsp;https://howtofail.podbean.com/e/how-to-fail-alain-de-botton/ Fortunately with Fi and Jane:&nbsp; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fortunately-with-fi-and-jane/id1220808096?i=1000454885674 For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

We've got facts about sloths, sea turtles and rats that drive cars. We also discuss the new terms we've learned this week - 'soft ghosting' and 'gradualism' - and Harvey Weinstein's appearance at a showcase&nbsp;for emerging comics. Our author&nbsp;special today is with award-wining journalist and The Sunday Times Middle East correspondent, Louise Callaghan, who has written a tender, funny and impactful book, Father of Lions, about the zookeeper of Mosul who kept his animals alive through the ISIS occupation of 2014-2017. We discuss the nuances of radicalism, what the west is getting wrong with the dialogue around ISIS brides and the reality of working in a warzone. What is daily life like when you're on the frontline? How do you decompress? E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet@thehighlowshow Links Postmark collaboration with The Miscarriage Association&nbsp;https://postmarkonline.co.uk/miscarriage-association-cards Father of Lions, by Louise Callaghan&nbsp;https://www.waterstones.com/book/father-of-lions/louise-callaghan/9781789540765 The Examined Life, by Stephen Grosz&nbsp;https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-examined-life/stephen-grosz/9780099549031 Suzanne Moore on Deborah Orr:&nbsp; https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/22/deborah-orr-true-editor-writer-friend-broke-conventions Sophie Heawood on ageing:&nbsp; https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/sophie-heawood-confronts-the-reality-of-growing-older-a4268066.html Alain de Botton on philosophical concepts of failure, on Elizabeth's Day How To Fail podcast&nbsp;https://howtofail.podbean.com/e/how-to-fail-alain-de-botton/ Fortunately with Fi and Jane:&nbsp; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fortunately-with-fi-and-jane/id1220808096?i=1000454885674 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Soft Ghosting, Driving Lessons & An Author Special with Louise Callaghan on The Zookeeper That Defied ISIS

We discuss Extinction Rebellion, Meghan and Harry's African tour documentary for ITV and Deborah Orr, the brilliant journalist&nbsp;who sadly died this week.&nbsp; And it's our favourite time of year: that time when The OED adds its new words into the dictionary. 2019's additions include 'omnishambles', 'nomophobia' and 'simples'. We unpick the good, the bag and the ugly new entries. The High Low is currently on tour! The next High Low Experience tour date is Monday 28th October in Manchester. For more info:&nbsp;https://www.fane.co.uk/our-shows/the-high-low-experience E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet @thehighlowshow Harry & Meghan: An African Journey, for ITV&nbsp;https://www.itv.com/hub/harry-meghan-an-african-journey/2a7842a0001 The creator of 90s anxiety unpicks the appeal of his 5 most popular posts, for Man Repeller&nbsp;https://www.manrepeller.com/2019/10/90s-anxiety-instagram-nostalgia.html The sadness of miscarriage can build up like soot, by Lucy Pavia for The Evening Standard&nbsp;https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/health/the-sadness-of-miscarriage-can-build-up-like-soot-baby-loss-awareness-week-a4259591.html The essays of Rebecca Solnit&nbsp;http://rebeccasolnit.net/books/ Bernadine Evaristo on black female writers&nbsp;https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/19/bernadine-evaristo-what-a-time-to-be-a-black-british-womxn-writer Deborah Orr&nbsp;https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/28/second-thoughts-rational-decisions-brexit-trump?__twitter_impression=true https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/26/nhs-health-service-britain https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/06/in-praise-of-lunchtime-drinking https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/inews.co.uk/opinion/columnists/sally-challen-appeal-coercive-control-95229%3famp https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/media/2019/oct/21/deborah-orr-obituary Anita O’Day on Fresh Air https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fresh-air/id214089682?i=1000454020504 For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

We discuss Extinction Rebellion, Meghan and Harry's African tour documentary for ITV and Deborah Orr, the brilliant journalist&nbsp;who sadly died this week.&nbsp; And it's our favourite time of year: that time when The OED adds its new words into the dictionary. 2019's additions include 'omnishambles', 'nomophobia' and 'simples'. We unpick the good, the bag and the ugly new entries. The High Low is currently on tour! The next High Low Experience tour date is Monday 28th October in Manchester. For more info:&nbsp;https://www.fane.co.uk/our-shows/the-high-low-experience E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet @thehighlowshow Harry & Meghan: An African Journey, for ITV&nbsp;https://www.itv.com/hub/harry-meghan-an-african-journey/2a7842a0001 The creator of 90s anxiety unpicks the appeal of his 5 most popular posts, for Man Repeller&nbsp;https://www.manrepeller.com/2019/10/90s-anxiety-instagram-nostalgia.html The sadness of miscarriage can build up like soot, by Lucy Pavia for The Evening Standard&nbsp;https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/health/the-sadness-of-miscarriage-can-build-up-like-soot-baby-loss-awareness-week-a4259591.html The essays of Rebecca Solnit&nbsp;http://rebeccasolnit.net/books/ Bernadine Evaristo on black female writers&nbsp;https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/19/bernadine-evaristo-what-a-time-to-be-a-black-british-womxn-writer Deborah Orr&nbsp;https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/28/second-thoughts-rational-decisions-brexit-trump?__twitter_impression=true https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/26/nhs-health-service-britain https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/06/in-praise-of-lunchtime-drinking https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/inews.co.uk/opinion/columnists/sally-challen-appeal-coercive-control-95229%3famp https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/media/2019/oct/21/deborah-orr-obituary Anita O’Day on Fresh Air https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fresh-air/id214089682?i=1000454020504 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

It's An Omnishambles! Our Fave New Words To Be Added To The OED

The chicken nugget Reddit scandal and our favourite polls from the week including what is no longer selling in shops (drones and suspenders) and what not to say on a date. And of course, it's the Wagatha Christie scandal. Coleen Rooney masked as Poirot outed fellow WAG Rebekah Vardy as the person she believed to be leaking false stories about her to the tabloids. Coleen social's media post went viral and soon Netflix were wondering if they should launch a series about it, Keira Knightley offered to play Coleen, and Paul Rudd just looked baffled. How and why did this story gather such extraordinary reach? Is it anything to do with feminism? What does it say about the way celebrities now use social media? And our perception of WAGs? And DID SHE DO IT? The High Low is now on tour - thank you to everyone who came to the Barbican on the 12th, see some more of you in Dublin on the 20th! E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet@thehighlowshow Links Ronan Farrow&nbsp;interview, by Emma Brockes for The Guardian&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/oct/15/ronan-farrow-book-harvey-weinstein-measures-bury-alleged-crimes Paloma Faith interview, by Helena de Bertadano for The Sunday Times magazine&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/paloma-faith-interview-gender-parenting-zwdslqq8p Abbey Clancy interview, by Sophie Heawood for YOU magazine&nbsp;https://www.you.co.uk/abbey-clancy-interview-2019/ Peter Crouch extract from his book, I, Robot, How To Be A Footballer 2&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/peter-crouch-extract-from-i-robot-how-to-be-a-footballer-2-w0h7xvjlz Mim Skinner on being an orphan by the age of 30, for The Sunday Times Style&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/magazine/style/how-being-orphaned-before-30-brought-me-closer-to-my-sisters-and-led-us-to-form-a-new-normal-3jfjwrbj5 The Capture, on BBC iPlayer&nbsp;https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00085sx/the-capture For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

The chicken nugget Reddit scandal and our favourite polls from the week including what is no longer selling in shops (drones and suspenders) and what not to say on a date. And of course, it's the Wagatha Christie scandal. Coleen Rooney masked as Poirot outed fellow WAG Rebekah Vardy as the person she believed to be leaking false stories about her to the tabloids. Coleen social's media post went viral and soon Netflix were wondering if they should launch a series about it, Keira Knightley offered to play Coleen, and Paul Rudd just looked baffled. How and why did this story gather such extraordinary reach? Is it anything to do with feminism? What does it say about the way celebrities now use social media? And our perception of WAGs? And DID SHE DO IT? The High Low is now on tour - thank you to everyone who came to the Barbican on the 12th, see some more of you in Dublin on the 20th! E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet@thehighlowshow Links Ronan Farrow&nbsp;interview, by Emma Brockes for The Guardian&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/oct/15/ronan-farrow-book-harvey-weinstein-measures-bury-alleged-crimes Paloma Faith interview, by Helena de Bertadano for The Sunday Times magazine&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/paloma-faith-interview-gender-parenting-zwdslqq8p Abbey Clancy interview, by Sophie Heawood for YOU magazine&nbsp;https://www.you.co.uk/abbey-clancy-interview-2019/ Peter Crouch extract from his book, I, Robot, How To Be A Footballer 2&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/peter-crouch-extract-from-i-robot-how-to-be-a-footballer-2-w0h7xvjlz Mim Skinner on being an orphan by the age of 30, for The Sunday Times Style&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/magazine/style/how-being-orphaned-before-30-brought-me-closer-to-my-sisters-and-led-us-to-form-a-new-normal-3jfjwrbj5 The Capture, on BBC iPlayer&nbsp;https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00085sx/the-capture For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

We've Only Gone And Done It: A Deep-Dive Into Wagatha Christie

It's a big week for the food chains: Pizza Express - every millennial's favourite nostalgic restaurant - is in chronic debt; and Rory Stewart has pledged allegiance to Pret. We talk loos and why women spend 2.3 times as long in the loo as men, the return of our favourite podcast, Dear Joan and Jericha, Jason Donovan's turn as a fire fighter and Rod Stewart's heroic move, after a couple's wedding was scuppered by the Thomas Cook crash.&nbsp; Also today, Prince Harry's letter to the tabloids and Meghan's lawsuit against The Mail on Sunday, about the paparazzi bullying of his wife, Meghan (and the leaking of Thomas Markle's letter) which he compares to the plight of his mother, Princess Diana and calls, "history repeating itself". The royal biographers are muttering into their bone china tea cups, but is his voluble emotion - and fury - justified, or will it prove counter-productive? And Dolly has found a poll about politeness. Do British people spend more money on being polite?&nbsp; E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet&nbsp;@thehighlowshow Links Patrick Jephson on Prince Harry's war on the media, for The Guardian&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/05/i-was-by-dianas-side-in-her-press-battles-meghan-harry-patrick-jephson&nbsp; Annie Lord on break-ups for Vice&nbsp;https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/a35nw8/getting-over-a-long-term-relationship-break-up Shelf Respect, by Annie Austen Olive, Again, by Elizabeth Strout Dear Joan and Jericha, Series 2&nbsp;https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dear-joan-and-jericha-julia-davis-and-vicki-pepperdine/id1376577916 Liam Gallagher's 73 Questions for American Vogue&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBWHXDzWrw4 For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

It's a big week for the food chains: Pizza Express - every millennial's favourite nostalgic restaurant - is in chronic debt; and Rory Stewart has pledged allegiance to Pret. We talk loos and why women spend 2.3 times as long in the loo as men, the return of our favourite podcast, Dear Joan and Jericha, Jason Donovan's turn as a fire fighter and Rod Stewart's heroic move, after a couple's wedding was scuppered by the Thomas Cook crash.&nbsp; Also today, Prince Harry's letter to the tabloids and Meghan's lawsuit against The Mail on Sunday, about the paparazzi bullying of his wife, Meghan (and the leaking of Thomas Markle's letter) which he compares to the plight of his mother, Princess Diana and calls, "history repeating itself". The royal biographers are muttering into their bone china tea cups, but is his voluble emotion - and fury - justified, or will it prove counter-productive? And Dolly has found a poll about politeness. Do British people spend more money on being polite?&nbsp; E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet&nbsp;@thehighlowshow Links Patrick Jephson on Prince Harry's war on the media, for The Guardian&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/05/i-was-by-dianas-side-in-her-press-battles-meghan-harry-patrick-jephson&nbsp; Annie Lord on break-ups for Vice&nbsp;https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/a35nw8/getting-over-a-long-term-relationship-break-up Shelf Respect, by Annie Austen Olive, Again, by Elizabeth Strout Dear Joan and Jericha, Series 2&nbsp;https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dear-joan-and-jericha-julia-davis-and-vicki-pepperdine/id1376577916 Liam Gallagher's 73 Questions for American Vogue&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBWHXDzWrw4 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Prince Harry's Letter To The Tabloids; & Do Brits Spend Money On Being Polite?

Greta Thunberg gave an emotional speech at the UN Climate Summit in NYC, Sally Challen did her first video interview about emotional abuse and coercive control to Sky News since she was cleared of murdering her husband in July and Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry&nbsp;became Dolly's new hero after her vibey turn at the Labour party conference.&nbsp; In shocking news, the inventor of the labradoodle has admitted that he regrets creating the hybrid dog and Demi Moore has released a sizzling autobiography about her marriage&nbsp;to Ashton Kutcher.&nbsp; This week we have an author special with Amrou Al-Kadhi. The Iraqi-Brit drag queen known as Glamrou of the drag troupe Denim, they are the author of a new coming-of-age memoir,&nbsp;Unicorn, about navigating a queer identity within a religion that considers homosexuality a crime. They talk about intersectionality, family, the act of transforming pain into pleasure via drag, discovering Sufism and seeking acceptance. The High Low Experience starts next week - and while London, Dublin and Glasgow are sold out, we have a few tickets left for the Manchester show! Go to&nbsp;faneproductions.com/highlow&nbsp;to book. E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet&nbsp;@thehighlowshow&nbsp; Links Unicorn, by Amrou Al-Kadhi&nbsp;https://www.waterstones.com/book/unicorn/amrou-al-kadhi/9780008306069 The Opposite of Loneliness, by Marina Keegan In praise of autumn dawns by Nell Frizzell:&nbsp; https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/commentisfree/2019/sep/23/in-praise-of-autumn-dawns-a-slice-of-magic-before-the-winter-hell An Unbelievable Story of Rape, by T.Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong, for ProPublica, 2015&nbsp;https://www.propublica.org/article/false-rape-accusations-an-unbelievable-story Unbelievable, on Netflix The&nbsp;Rewatchables&nbsp;podcast&nbsp;series&nbsp;https://www.theringer.com/the-rewatchables The Open Ears Project with Eddie Izzard:&nbsp; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/17-on-elevation/id1477850699?i=1000451298008 The Open Ears Project with Aminatou Sow:&nbsp; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-open-ears-project/id1477850699?i=1000449737238 For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Greta Thunberg gave an emotional speech at the UN Climate Summit in NYC, Sally Challen did her first video interview about emotional abuse and coercive control to Sky News since she was cleared of murdering her husband in July and Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry&nbsp;became Dolly's new hero after her vibey turn at the Labour party conference.&nbsp; In shocking news, the inventor of the labradoodle has admitted that he regrets creating the hybrid dog and Demi Moore has released a sizzling autobiography about her marriage&nbsp;to Ashton Kutcher.&nbsp; This week we have an author special with Amrou Al-Kadhi. The Iraqi-Brit drag queen known as Glamrou of the drag troupe Denim, they are the author of a new coming-of-age memoir,&nbsp;Unicorn, about navigating a queer identity within a religion that considers homosexuality a crime. They talk about intersectionality, family, the act of transforming pain into pleasure via drag, discovering Sufism and seeking acceptance. The High Low Experience starts next week - and while London, Dublin and Glasgow are sold out, we have a few tickets left for the Manchester show! Go to&nbsp;faneproductions.com/highlow&nbsp;to book. E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet&nbsp;@thehighlowshow&nbsp; Links Unicorn, by Amrou Al-Kadhi&nbsp;https://www.waterstones.com/book/unicorn/amrou-al-kadhi/9780008306069 The Opposite of Loneliness, by Marina Keegan In praise of autumn dawns by Nell Frizzell:&nbsp; https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/commentisfree/2019/sep/23/in-praise-of-autumn-dawns-a-slice-of-magic-before-the-winter-hell An Unbelievable Story of Rape, by T.Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong, for ProPublica, 2015&nbsp;https://www.propublica.org/article/false-rape-accusations-an-unbelievable-story Unbelievable, on Netflix The&nbsp;Rewatchables&nbsp;podcast&nbsp;series&nbsp;https://www.theringer.com/the-rewatchables The Open Ears Project with Eddie Izzard:&nbsp; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/17-on-elevation/id1477850699?i=1000451298008 The Open Ears Project with Aminatou Sow:&nbsp; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-open-ears-project/id1477850699?i=1000449737238 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

An Author Special With Drag Queen Amrou Al-Kadhi

It’s a riot of celebrity news this week: Madonna, J-Lo and Brad n Leo’s sarnie dates. Whole gang’s here. Plus: Mark Ronson’s sapiosexuality, Fleabag’s Emmy sweep, Thomas Cook’s crash and Justin Trudeau’s blackface scandal. &nbsp; Also this week: we discuss male vs female vanity (klaxon: men look in the mirror more than women) and Debrett’s etiquette guide for Facebook messenger. What does this (slightly hilarious) meeting of minds tell us about how desperately we need digital etiquette? We discuss online communication in the age of the constant feedback loop.&nbsp; We’re going on tour and we want your stories! Send us your best yarns - funny, moving, shocking, riveting - to the e-mail address below. And for those of you who still want tickets to The High Low Experience - there are a few left for our Manchester show:&nbsp;www.faneproductions.com/our-shows/the-high-low-experience E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet @thehighlowshow&nbsp; Links Talking To Strangers, by Malcolm Gladwell State of the Union, on BBC iPlayer The Red Hand Files: How Long Will I Be Alone:&nbsp;https://www.theredhandfiles.com/how-long-will-i-be-alone/ On The Psychological Effect Of Living With Houseplants by Stephanie Bishop:&nbsp;https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n18/stephanie-bishop/on-the-psychological-effect-of-living-with-houseplants Why Back To Black is The Best Album of The 21st Century by Alexis Petridis:&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/best-album-21st-century-amy-winehouse-back-to-black Juno Dawson on The Beauty Podcast with Sali Hughes&nbsp;https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/transition-and-the-power-of-beauty-with-juno-dawson/id1473108312?i=1000448498677 For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

It’s a riot of celebrity news this week: Madonna, J-Lo and Brad n Leo’s sarnie dates. Whole gang’s here. Plus: Mark Ronson’s sapiosexuality, Fleabag’s Emmy sweep, Thomas Cook’s crash and Justin Trudeau’s blackface scandal. &nbsp; Also this week: we discuss male vs female vanity (klaxon: men look in the mirror more than women) and Debrett’s etiquette guide for Facebook messenger. What does this (slightly hilarious) meeting of minds tell us about how desperately we need digital etiquette? We discuss online communication in the age of the constant feedback loop.&nbsp; We’re going on tour and we want your stories! Send us your best yarns - funny, moving, shocking, riveting - to the e-mail address below. And for those of you who still want tickets to The High Low Experience - there are a few left for our Manchester show:&nbsp;www.faneproductions.com/our-shows/the-high-low-experience E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet @thehighlowshow&nbsp; Links Talking To Strangers, by Malcolm Gladwell State of the Union, on BBC iPlayer The Red Hand Files: How Long Will I Be Alone:&nbsp;https://www.theredhandfiles.com/how-long-will-i-be-alone/ On The Psychological Effect Of Living With Houseplants by Stephanie Bishop:&nbsp;https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n18/stephanie-bishop/on-the-psychological-effect-of-living-with-houseplants Why Back To Black is The Best Album of The 21st Century by Alexis Petridis:&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/best-album-21st-century-amy-winehouse-back-to-black Juno Dawson on The Beauty Podcast with Sali Hughes&nbsp;https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/transition-and-the-power-of-beauty-with-juno-dawson/id1473108312?i=1000448498677 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Digital Etiquette (& Why We Need It); & Male Vs Female Vanity

It's always good to start with a jolly, and this time we've found a woman who wore a dinosaur costume to her sister's wedding. Also today, we play a clip from Chanel Miller, the "Emily Doe" of the Brock Turner sexual assault case, whose memoir is soon to be published, and discuss the shocking news that domestic abuse is at a 5-year high in the UK.&nbsp; This week Pandora has devoured She Said, the book by the Pulitzer prizewinning journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey who broke the Harvey Weinstein story, followed by that of Christine Blasey Ford. We discuss their impact on MeToo, *that* leaked Lisa Bloom memo and their thoughts on the Believe All Women hashtag. We also discuss Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Tarantino's fictional re-telling of the Manson murders and the personal essay that 'broke' the internet: by the Instagram ghost-writer, Natalie Beach, which we received an unprecedented amount of requests to cover. What does the enthusiasm for this story - it was in the UK's top 5 tweets - tell us about female friendship, schadenfreude and emotional exposure in the internet age? ALSO: WE NEED YOUR STORIES! As part of The High Low Experience, we want to include your best stories: your funniest, saddest, weirdest, most shocking, interesting, moving - stories that have been passed down/ along through friends, family, the pub.&nbsp;Please e-mail:&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com.&nbsp;Send us your best yarns. Recommendations She Said, by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey &nbsp; Know My Name, by Chanel Miller (out Sept 24th) &nbsp; The White Album by Joan Didion&nbsp; Bolder by Helen Cathcart and Dominique Afacan The story of Caroline Calloway and her ghost writer, Natalie Beach, for The Cut&nbsp;https://bit.ly/2mbLY3j &nbsp; The complicated ethics of publishing personal essays online, by Micha Frazer-Carroll for gal-dem&nbsp;https://bit.ly/2kmG9iR &nbsp; The con-artist and her mark, by Sarah Ditum for The Guardian&nbsp;https://bit.ly/2m1gRXN &nbsp; An interview with Natalie Beach, by Jonah Engel Bromwich for The New York Times&nbsp;https://nyti.ms/2kj2k9E &nbsp; The pain of clearing out my parents' house, by Janice Turner for The Times&nbsp;https://bit.ly/2kjnK6q &nbsp; Interview with Kantor and Twohey on NPR's Fresh Air&nbsp;https://n.pr/2kD2icN &nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

It's always good to start with a jolly, and this time we've found a woman who wore a dinosaur costume to her sister's wedding. Also today, we play a clip from Chanel Miller, the "Emily Doe" of the Brock Turner sexual assault case, whose memoir is soon to be published, and discuss the shocking news that domestic abuse is at a 5-year high in the UK.&nbsp; This week Pandora has devoured She Said, the book by the Pulitzer prizewinning journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey who broke the Harvey Weinstein story, followed by that of Christine Blasey Ford. We discuss their impact on MeToo, *that* leaked Lisa Bloom memo and their thoughts on the Believe All Women hashtag. We also discuss Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Tarantino's fictional re-telling of the Manson murders and the personal essay that 'broke' the internet: by the Instagram ghost-writer, Natalie Beach, which we received an unprecedented amount of requests to cover. What does the enthusiasm for this story - it was in the UK's top 5 tweets - tell us about female friendship, schadenfreude and emotional exposure in the internet age? ALSO: WE NEED YOUR STORIES! As part of The High Low Experience, we want to include your best stories: your funniest, saddest, weirdest, most shocking, interesting, moving - stories that have been passed down/ along through friends, family, the pub.&nbsp;Please e-mail:&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com.&nbsp;Send us your best yarns. Recommendations She Said, by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey &nbsp; Know My Name, by Chanel Miller (out Sept 24th) &nbsp; The White Album by Joan Didion&nbsp; Bolder by Helen Cathcart and Dominique Afacan The story of Caroline Calloway and her ghost writer, Natalie Beach, for The Cut&nbsp;https://bit.ly/2mbLY3j &nbsp; The complicated ethics of publishing personal essays online, by Micha Frazer-Carroll for gal-dem&nbsp;https://bit.ly/2kmG9iR &nbsp; The con-artist and her mark, by Sarah Ditum for The Guardian&nbsp;https://bit.ly/2m1gRXN &nbsp; An interview with Natalie Beach, by Jonah Engel Bromwich for The New York Times&nbsp;https://nyti.ms/2kj2k9E &nbsp; The pain of clearing out my parents' house, by Janice Turner for The Times&nbsp;https://bit.ly/2kjnK6q &nbsp; Interview with Kantor and Twohey on NPR's Fresh Air&nbsp;https://n.pr/2kD2icN &nbsp; For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

She Said; Once Upon A Time In Hollywood; & The Personal Essay That 'Broke' The Internet

Dolly's found an emotional support horse called Flirty; Pandora is in love with a Twitter thread about what it was really like to work in HMV. And - gird your loins - Thatcher Wine has done his FIRST INTERVIEW. It's predictably surreal. Today we host comedian Jen Brister, the author of The Other Mother, published by Square Peg at Penguin Random House, about same sex relationships and being not the biological mother to her twin boys, but "the other one". We talk parenthood, partnership and the pressure of having to come out all over again, as a gay mother. E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet @thehighlowshow Links The Other Mother, by Jen Brister&nbsp;https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1116917/the-other-mother/9781910931967 The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood&nbsp;https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-testaments/9781784742324 Thatcher Wine interview by Hilary Reid for The Cut&nbsp;https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/thatcher-wine-juniper-books.html Anthony Ekundayo Lennon interview on being accused of 'passing' as a black man, by Simon Hattenstone for The Guardian&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/07/anthony-lennon-theatre-director-accused-of-passing-as-black-interview-simon-hattenstone Three Vicars Talking https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0007qb0 Donna Schaper on Here’s The Thing https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/heres-the-thing-with-alec-baldwin/id472939437?i=1000447319326 MUNA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mGkMQc308wY For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Dolly's found an emotional support horse called Flirty; Pandora is in love with a Twitter thread about what it was really like to work in HMV. And - gird your loins - Thatcher Wine has done his FIRST INTERVIEW. It's predictably surreal. Today we host comedian Jen Brister, the author of The Other Mother, published by Square Peg at Penguin Random House, about same sex relationships and being not the biological mother to her twin boys, but "the other one". We talk parenthood, partnership and the pressure of having to come out all over again, as a gay mother. E-mail&nbsp;thehighlowshow@gmail.com Tweet @thehighlowshow Links The Other Mother, by Jen Brister&nbsp;https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1116917/the-other-mother/9781910931967 The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood&nbsp;https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-testaments/9781784742324 Thatcher Wine interview by Hilary Reid for The Cut&nbsp;https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/thatcher-wine-juniper-books.html Anthony Ekundayo Lennon interview on being accused of 'passing' as a black man, by Simon Hattenstone for The Guardian&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/07/anthony-lennon-theatre-director-accused-of-passing-as-black-interview-simon-hattenstone Three Vicars Talking https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0007qb0 Donna Schaper on Here’s The Thing https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/heres-the-thing-with-alec-baldwin/id472939437?i=1000447319326 MUNA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mGkMQc308wY For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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